Cruck Cottage, Torthorwald is a Grade A listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 3 August 1971. Cottage.
Cruck Cottage, Torthorwald
- WRENN ID
- grey-gravel-storm
- Grade
- A
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1971
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- NY 032 784
- Coordinates
- 55.09129, -3.51708
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
Cruck Cottage in Torthorwald is a largely rebuilt cottage, likely from the first half of the 19th century. It is a single-storey, three-bay structure with a thatched roof and is constructed from limewashed rubble. The cottage was damaged by fire in 1956 but was restored and re-thatched in 1960. Further restoration took place between 1991 and 1993, and it was re-thatched with rye straw and a heather ridge in the early 21st century.
The south elevation features a central door flanked by two deeply recessed windows with four-pane sash frames. There is a single window with lying panes on each gable, and an off-centre door is located in the north wall. A chimney stack is positioned on the west gable, with thatch extending around the chimney.
Inside, the crucks and tie beams are exposed, and the interior partitions have been removed.
Local climate
Cruck Cottage, Torthorwald sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,220 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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